IOA Rubric

IOA Rubric

Take a moment to look over the rubric on your own...

What do you notice?

Multiple Choice

What is the highest possible score a student can earn on the IOA?

• 10

• 20

• 30

• 40

Multiple Choice

How many criteria are used to assess the individual oral?

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not one of the criteria used in the assessment?

• Knowledge, understanding and interpretation

• Analysis and evaluation

• Focus and organization

• Creativity and originality

• Language

Let's look at Criterion A

Knowledge, understanding, and interpretation

Multiple Choice

What is the main focus of Criterion A?

• How clearly the student speaks

• How well the student knows and interprets their extracts

• How creative the student is in their ideas in relation to their global issue

• How well the student breaks down authorial technique

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT specifically mentioned as part of Criterion A?

• Demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the extracts and works

• Interpreting the implications of the works in relation to the global issue

• Identifying and evaluating authorial choices

• Using references to support ideas

Multiple Choice

According to Criterion A, how should the references to the extracts and works be used?

• Sparingly, to keep the oral short

• Frequently and effectively, to support the candidate’s ideas

• Only when quoting directly

• Only at the beginning and end of the oral

Let's look at Criterion B

Analysis and Evaluation

Multiple Choice

What is the main focus of Criterion B?

• How clear and fluent the language is

• How well the student analyzes and evaluates authorial choices

• How many references the student makes to the texts

• How well the student organizes their ideas in relation to the global issue

Multiple Choice

What does it mean if a student’s oral is described as “descriptive”?

• It explains in detail how the global issue is presented through authorial choices

• It uses infomal language and grammar

• It summarizes instead of analyzes

• It does not mainatin a logical and cohesive structure

Let's look at Criterion C

Focus and Organization

Multiple Choice

What is the main focus of Criterion C?

• How well the student uses vocabulary and sentence structure

• How well the student connects ideas in a cohesive and structured way

• How many examples the student uses from the extracts

• How well a student knows and is able to express their ideas

Multiple Choice

If a student’s oral shows only some connections between ideas BUT lacks balance in their presentation, which band do they likely fall into?

• Top band (9–10)

• Middle band (5–6)

• Lower band (3–4)

• No standard reached

Multiple Choice

Student must show balance between the two works AND

• balance between text and whole text/ body of work as a whole

• balance between the intro and conclusion

• balance between their global issue and the solution to the issue

• No more balance needed

Let's look at Criterion D

Language

Multiple Choice

What is the main focus of Criterion D?

• How well the student understands the global issue

• How varied, clear, and effective the student’s language is

• How persuasive the student’s analysis is

• How well the student organizes and structures their ideas

Multiple Choice

Which of the following does not impact Criterion D: Language?

• The tone should not sound overly rehearsed

• Disciplinary vocabulary should be accurate

• Language should be formal

• Voice should be loud and clear

• All impact score in Criterion D

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes how the four criteria work together?

• They measure different skills that combine to show the student’s overall ability to interpret, analyze, organize, and communicate ideas about chosen extracts in relation to a global issue.

• They all test the student’s memorization of a presentation and key quotations from chosen extracts.

• They are separate and unrelated, focusing on completely different tasks.

• They each measure the same skill, analysis and evaluation, to reinforce the importance of skill in college preparation.

Open Ended

What else do you notice about the rubric that was not covered in this presentation? What questions do you have about the rubric or the IOA in general at this point?